Women's football World Cup, 'Older-age orphans', Channel swimming with a stoma, Caroline Moran, Women's feet
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The Lionesses are through to the Women's World Cup semi-final on Wednesday against co-hosts Australia. Reaching semi-finals of major tournaments is what England "are known for", says defender Lucy Bronze. Lucy's mum, Diane Bronze and former Lioness and football comemntator Anita Asante discuss.
Many baby boomers are experiencing the death of their parents much later than previous generations. The journalist Helen Bullough and clinical psychologist Dr Linda Blair discuss the impact of being parentless in older age.
Gill Castle will be the first person to attempt to swim the channel with a stoma. She's documenting her journey to crossing the channel in The Stoma Swimmer - a new audio series for BBC Sounds.
What would happen if the apocalypse happened in the middle of a hen party? Caroline Moran, known for writing Raised by Wolves, has written a brand new comedy for BBC Two looking at just that. She joins Nuala to talk about why she wanted to create the series, Henpocalypse, and what to expect.
How much can you tell a woman's life story through her feet? Emma McConnachie, who is a podiatrist and a spokesperson for the Royal College of Podiatry, explains how our feet change as we age.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Dianne McGregor
Opener 00:00 Football 01:55 Older Orphans 13:36 Henpocalypse 30:09 Swim 39:36 Women and feet 48:21
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| 0:58.2 | Well, that's one result for England. |
| 1:00.2 | Means the lionesses are blazing their way through to the semi-finals against co-hosts |
| 1:04.9 | Australia. |
| 1:05.9 | That will be on Wednesday. |
| 1:06.9 | England defender Lucy Brantz, she says she's confident that the lionesses can progress |
| 1:11.4 | to the final. |
| 1:12.4 | So we're going to hear from Lucy's mum Diane, who is down under and also from former |
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